Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2013

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2013, among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (4.5%), followed by Yankton County (1.97%), and Meade County (1.83%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Dakota counties.

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Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2013
Minnehaha
Yankton
Meade
Clay
Pennington
Clark
Beadle
Brown
Brookings
Moody
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2013
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Minnehaha County 4.5
2 Yankton County 1.97
3 Meade County 1.83
4 Clay County 1.56
5 Pennington County 1.48
6 Clark County 1.35
7 Beadle County 1.32
8 Brown County 1.28
9 Brookings County 1.27
10 Moody County 1.25
11 Bon Homme County 1.12
12 Lincoln County 1.08
13 Fall River County 1.07
14 Lawrence County 1.06
15 Hughes County 1.03
16 Union County 1.01
17 Davison County 0.91
18 Lake County 0.9
19 Hutchinson County 0.79
20 Custer County 0.75
21 Codington County 0.74
21 Deuel County 0.74
22 Marshall County 0.71
23 Stanley County 0.7
24 Spink County 0.65
25 Aurora County 0.63
25 Sully County 0.63
26 Buffalo County 0.59
27 Butte County 0.53
27 Grant County 0.53
28 Harding County 0.48
29 McCook County 0.45
29 Turner County 0.45
30 Hamlin County 0.44
31 Faulk County 0.43
31 Jackson County 0.43
31 Miner County 0.43
32 Lyman County 0.42
33 Hanson County 0.41
34 Douglas County 0.4
34 Perkins County 0.4
35 Day County 0.39
36 Kingsbury County 0.38
36 Potter County 0.38
37 Brule County 0.37
37 Haakon County 0.37
37 McPherson County 0.37
38 Hyde County 0.36
39 Ziebach County 0.35
40 Charles Mix County 0.34
40 Mellette County 0.34
41 Walworth County 0.33
42 Bennett County 0.32
43 Corson County 0.31
43 Tripp County 0.31
44 Roberts County 0.28
44 Todd County 0.28
45 Sanborn County 0.26
46 Dewey County 0.25
47 Gregory County 0.24
48 Edmunds County 0.22
49 Jones County 0.21
50 Hand County 0.15
51 Jerauld County 0.14
52 Oglala Lakota County 0.11
53 Campbell County 0.07